This week’s blog entry deals with a published case from the 11th Circuit decided on August 5, 2026 raising interesting issues about when a Title II entity must provide reasonable modifications, in this case for a public school student. The case of the day is L.E. v. Superintendent of Cobb County School District, here
Loper bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
Leave for Training a Service Animal is a Reasonable Accommodation and the Latest from HUD on Emotional Support Animals in Housing
I did mention in my last blog entry that I might not be posting this week. Turns out, I had some time over the Memorial Day weekend to do a post, so here goes. I do hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.
The blog entry for the week is a two for one…
The Rapidly Evolving World of Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals in Housing
I hope everyone had a happy Easter and had or is having a good Passover.
Also, congratulations to UCLA on their women’s Division I basketball national championship and to Michigan on their men’s Division I basketball national championship.
This week’s blog entry dives into the rapidly evolving world of emotional support animals and…
Attorneys Representing Federal Employees With Disabilities Need to Prepare for a Lot More Business
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, an update on the Beaumont Hospital case that we have blogged on twice before. See this blog entry. The update is a consent decree was signed requiring training and a $30,000 payment to the plaintiff. It also has a length of 18 months. I…
Landlords Can Charge a Fee for ESA’s/Pets and the Impact of Loper Bright
This week’s blog entry come to me courtesy of Clinical Law Prof. Emeritus Leonard Sandler of the University of Iowa Law School. It asks the question of whether a landlord can charge a pet deposit for an ESA (emotional support animal). Loper Bright also comes up as well. The case of the day is Henderson…
A Doubleheader: Direct Threat (Service Animals), and Loper Bright Going Forward
I wanted to get up a short blog entry this week on a couple of points (with baseball season starting, I thought the doubleheader in the title was appropriate). I already know what I am going to be blogging on for next week. Recently there have been two developments that are germane to what we…
DOJ Frequently Asked Questions Documents and Service Animals Revisited
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week (I had a few hours to myself and I find writing blog entries relaxing, NK), I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy holidays, and a happy new year.
In 2015, Department of Justice issued a guidance entitled, “frequently asked questions about…
DOT Hammers American Airlines for its Treatment of Persons with Disabilities
As everyone knows, I keep a pipeline of cases to blog on. Sometimes, even with my pipeline of cases, I just get stuck. One of the things that my readers may not realize is that while my practice focuses on understanding the ADA so that the client understands how to comply with that law and…
Direct Liability for a Title II Entity Delegating Their ADA Responsibilities
On Friday of last week, I presented to the Minnesota CLE Health Law Institute in Minneapolis on working with disabled clients and disabled attorneys. One of the cases that came up is the one that we are going to be talking about this week, Battle v. state of Tennessee, here, decided by the Middle…
There Can Be a Fine Line Between Medical Malpractice and Disability Discrimination
Before getting started on the blog entry of the day, I am currently reading Over Ruled by Justice Gorsuch and Janie Nitze. My passion for constitutional law and legal theory started in college when I took those two separate classes from Professor Rumble while majoring in political science at Vassar College. Now, I enjoy reading…